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yuvisan:
FONDLY REMEMBERING THE FOUNDING FATHERS: DR NNAMDI AZIKIWE,THE FATHER OF ONE NIGERIA:

FOR THE RECORDS: Excerpts of Zik’s Interview with New Nigeria Newspaper in1975:
“ Again, however, when the 1954 Constitution Conference started, my good friend,
Chief Obafemi Awolowo tabled a motiontp the effect that in the new constitution,
Provision should be made that any state which feels like seceding should do so.
I was opposed to it and said ‘no’ and said that once we have a federation, we are indivisible and perpetual
and that any attempt to divide the union by secession was treasonable.
The North (NPC) supported Action Group.
The Question was then : Should we have secessions?
The [British] , Lord Chandos backed us , [ backed my position]
Lord Chandon said that on the face of the arguments before him it, would be suicidal
to incorporate secession in our[ Nigerian }Constitution and that is why we have section 86 in the Constitution ,
that if any region or state should secede, then it will be an act of treason.”

The plan was for the Ibos to dominate Nigeria, the plan backfired,
And now this IPOBs said Luggard lumped them together without their consent, instead of IPOB to tackle the constitution, they are busy raining curses on Buhari, as if that will even make him do their bidding.

I have said it before IPOB are going about this like 13 yr Olds.

No KDB or Man City

Yeah right,
It's Buhari that ordered the killings.

Emotionally outburst most times are devoid of logic.

I feel sorry for her.

highchief1:
politicians don’t earn as high as u ppl think and their responsibility is huge I’m an ssa with delta stage Govt

Good can you let us in on their responsibilities? how it's bigger than that of the president or the vice president?

And where is MOBDRO??

spearszed:
In 2015, a candidate used the promise of paying minimum wage to ride to power as against the incumbent who was being cautious of the affordability of the new wage.

Few months into power, the new man rescinded on his promise and no one talked about paying minimum wage again.

2019 is around the corner. The need for upward review of what should be minimum way has been imminent for a long time now but I doubt it's a coincidence that it's put on the table now.

Workers can use this time to secure a good deal for themselves. Contenders can use the promise of making the workers happy to ride to power,putting the incumbent in a very tight corner. With all these in mind, there's great need to face reality.

But reality is subjective,different for different people. For the worker, realistically, 18k is crap. For the politician, what would be left in the barrel if the lowliest worker receives "as much as" 30k.

Haba, una no wan First Lady to rub MaryKay again and carry 800k handbag?

The demand for wage increase by the workers are not unfounded given the current state of the economy. The refusal or maybe reluctance of the Govt to oblige them is not either.

Sadly, these divergent realities must converge for our ministry to move forward. More sad is the reality that whatever is agreed upon now may not see implementation. Considering that we are not new to Union agreements reached with the Govt that was rescinded.

Not necessarily because of deceit or insincerity on the part of the Govt, but because of real inability to fulfill obligations and demands that was shoved down their throat by unflinching trade unionist.

But unflinching trade unionists do not remain unflinching forever. At best, their demands are met and everything becomes alright. This rarely happens tho. Worse,their demands end when agreements are reached, agreements outside the best interest of the group they claim to represent.

Sometimes their demands end when money change hands. We have watched that happen many times before.

In the end,wetin we gain?

I think we need more powerful institutions, not just NLC and The Trade Unions alone.
It's not enough to "force" Government to pay the new minimum wage, owing of salaries should also be on their front burner of calling out strikes.
They should present facts and figures to government to let them know they have no excuse not to pay.
These greedy Governors use all this Grey areas to siphon the state treasury.

IronHammer:
U should be worried instead about the rate of killing on going in Nigeria.
Another that calls for concern is how illiterate leads the so called educated with one of their professor as a boi boi in the name VP.
Another is mental capacity of occupants of the failed British project as many educated illiterates in it lack comprehension of simple logic and/ nor do they understand figurative expression.

IPOB is not ur problem
Ur problems are from the political class whose actions and inations have damped ur well-being.

I hope I have being able to liberate u from spirit of tranfrred aggression?

Now face ur real enemy

Good morning

The real enemy as in most cases is ignorance (even the Bible said my people perish because of ignorance), and IPOB is full of it.

Good morning.

abc115:
Is everywhere on the streets..ask book vendors

OK thanks, I need to get out more.

Sometimes I wonder if it's a 13 year old kid that is the brainbox behind this IPOB movement.

You adopt someone that is wanted in court and has jumped bail as your sole Candidate. A man that will be arrested as soon as he sets foot in Nigeria. No international country will side with Kanu for jumping bail.
If indeed IPOB wants him to contest, they will only be luring him to his death......


Oh,
This could be interesting.

janetdaniels201:
From Obj's Book, Right from the Horse's Mouth!

How I Tackled Atiku and Others -

“By the Constitution, I had to inaugurate or prorogue the National Assembly on June 4, 1999. The most important officer in the National Assembly is the senate president and that office had been zoned to the South-east. And here was where Atiku Abubakar, my vice-president, first showed his hand and his character.
“Without seeking my view or approval, he started planning the installation of Chuba Okadigbo as the senate president. I did a background check on Chuba including his past as a student and made enquiries about him in the National Party of Nigeria (NPN) under (President Shehu) Shagari and no one would recommend him for the post of senate president.
“I left Atiku to go on his chase while I carried out a meticulous and detailed investigation and background check on each senator from the South-east. The one that appeared most appoint-able was Evan Enwerem. I canvassed the senate across the board for his election and he was elected. Atiku did not expect it and he felt sore.
“He began to strategise for Enwerem to be removed and Chuba Okadigbo to be installed. His strategy worked because I was at Abuja airport to receive a visiting head of state when the news reached me that the Senate had impeached Enwerem and elected Okadigbo. I was not perturbed. I came to understand from some senators including Florence Ita-Giwa, who later became my Special Adviser/ Liaison Officer to the National Assembly, that Atiku distributed US$5,000 each to some senators to carry out the ‘coup’.
“That was the beginning of bribing the legislature to carry out a particular line of action to suit or satisfy the purpose or desire of an individual or a group. The National Assembly had tasted blood and they would continue to want more. From the day I nominated Atiku to be my vice, he set his mind not for any good, benefit or service of the country, but on furiously planning to upstage, supplant or remove me at all cost and to take my place.
“That was what I brought him for, but he was impatient and over-ambitious. He was not ready to learn and to wait. His marabout, who predicted that despite being elected as governor, he would not be sworn in as a governor, which happened, also assured him that he would take over from me in a matter of months rather than years.
“All his plans, appointments of people and his actions were towards the actualisation of his marabout’s prediction. Once I realised his intention and programme, I watched him like a hawk without giving any indication of what I knew and letting down my guard. I could not succumb to the distraction, diversion and malevolence of an ambitious but unwise deputy.
“The work in hand was more important than a confrontational relationship with my deputy, a man over whom I knew I had far more experience and outreach in all matters. To alert him of what I knew he was up to, would only lead to lying, denial, more mischievous plans and more duplicity on his part.
“He was better managed that way. What was important was not allowing myself to be surprised or outmanoeuvred by him. I must always seize the initiative and know what was going on if not in his mind, but at least in his camp. That I did very effectively.
“Sometime in the fourth quarter of 2004, an associate of Atiku came to my residence at the Aso Villa from Atiku’s official residence. He felt uncomfortable and I tried to make him feel at ease. Then, he settled to tell me the story of what had just transpired in Atiku’s residence. I listened with rapt attention.
“He went on to say that Atiku told him that for him to become the President of Nigeria, the 2007 elections were only a formality.
“The seven ingredients he needed for his enthronement were already in his hands. He controlled the National Assembly because both the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives were in his pocket. He controlled twenty-eight out of thirty-six governors. He had control of the media. His influence over the judiciary was overwhelming.
“What he needed was foreign endorsement and for that he had employed two lobby groups in the US and one in the UK. And finally, the money for the elections was in his purse.
“When the man finished, I thanked him without passing any comment. The man was surprised at my reaction and asked, ‘You have nothing to say to these?’ I said that I had nothing to say and I immediately called my ADC, Chris Jemitola, to play a game of squash with me.
“On our way to the squash court with my ADC, I said, ‘People at times make plans and leave God out of their plans.’ My casual remark struck Chris and he said, ‘Sir, that was a profound statement.’ I said that I made the statement because of what I had just heard of Atiku’s plan. I was not convinced he had put God in his plans.
“Atiku was confident and God was laughing. Most of Atiku’s ingredients soon started to fall out of place one by one. The first was the party, PDP.
“He thought I was powerless and had no clue about the execution of his plan with his group; part of his attack on me was for national chairman of the party to give the first salvo, then other things would follow as his grip on the party would be firm and consolidated.
“That salvo came in the form of a letter to me from the chairman of the party, Audu Ogbeh, who had fully defected with (Iyorchia) Ayu to Atiku.
“The letter, which was not the product of any issue or matter discussed with or at any party meeting, came suddenly. When I received it, I could read the sinister intention behind it.
“I spent that night writing my reply and I sent it in the morning. My reply was clear.
I wondered why Atiku and his group did not realise that with my reply, the battle line was clear or maybe they thought that the seven ingredients would remain intact to the end.
“My assistants had moles within the Atiku group. Anything that they planned would be reported. That was the case after Ogbeh’s letter. They decided that Ogbeh should appear remorseful and come with the National Working Committee to apologise to me. It was not from their hearts, but to lure me to a ‘killing ground’.
“All pieces of information that were reported were verified because it would not come from only one informant.
“Timely information is a very important principle of war and also of politics. In politics, just as in war, what matters is not just your plan, but knowledge of your opponent’s plan. Knowing their plan, I had the choice of playing along with them or being firm, I chose the latter.
“I told Ogbeh that my relationship with him as national chairman and me as national leader of the party was based on mutual confidence and trust. But with his letter, my reply and what I knew of him then, I could no longer work with him in confidence and trust.
“There were only two choices left for both of us in our best interest and that of the party – he, leaves as chairman or I leave as leader of the party.
“The following Sunday, I called at his house, which I had done on several occasions in the past when there was an important party matter to discuss. This time, I asked him to give me an undated letter of resignation as the national chairman.
“I waited, he gave me but it was wrongly addressed to me rather than to the national secretary of the party as stipulated in the party’s constitution.
“Ogbeh reported to his group and it was decided by them to play on and to wait for my disgrace whenever I presented a letter of resignation not addressed to the national secretary.
“The informants did their job and I, once again, paid another visit to Ogbeh at his residence. He entertained me to a meal and drink, and changed the addressee on his letter of resignation.
“It would appear he never reported the change to his group. When I considered it opportune and appropriate, the letter was dated and presented to National Executive Committee of the party, which regrettably accepted the resignation.
“With that, whatever control Atiku claimed to have over the party began to crumble. But he did not think so and went on to boast that if I made my daughter the national chairman, it would be a matter of weeks not months before he would put her in his pocket.
“I therefore had to look for a successor chairman, who would be too big, uncompromising and inflexible to be lured and controlled by Atiku. I found such a man in
Senator (Dr.) Amadu Ali, whom I had known many years earlier as a medical doctor in the army…”

I need to buy this book,
Op where can I get this book.

Will this be the mother of all strikes, this one they are saying we should stock up food stuffs?

Nice try dude,
I bought 6 of this lamps and IT DOES NOT WORK.

The problem with you mini importers is that you go online search for a product, buy it and look to sell it for a wide profit margin, you guys won't even try the products put your self to have a moral authority on the product.

MrJames007:
How can it be Benz and Jeep

Well-done o.

LOL,
I saw what you did there

Bede2u:
all states govs warned ipob...including obiano.

There are jingles of one nigeria in enugu radios too.
Wats ur point?

I met a guy in MMIA lagos. He asked me if i needed a lift...i said yes. We got to talking and he told me he is from east...i asked where..he said awkaibom...i laffed and told him akwaibom is ss. He said we were all east b4 the war and that he considers igbos his brother.

A very nice guy...he dropped me at the place i was going without taking a dime from me

And one Akwa Ibom guy speaks for all, you should make a comprehensive survey before you conclude.

My Father fought in the Biafra war and was in the Nigerian army, come and tell people like that that they belong to Biafra then you know the other side of the coin.
You can be sure that Ibo speaking states identify with Biafra, don't be so sure of other states.

Rooneyboy:
Bro please I do have won funds that I'll like to withdraw.
How do I go about it cos it keeps telling me "FUNDS CANNOT BE WITHDRAWN UNTIL THE CONDITIONS OF BONUS OFFER ARE MET " .
i'm actually new to the site and I'm yet to used my bonus.

I use the app,
Download the app from their website, log in into your account click on your profile then disable the bonus switch, then click withdrawal, choose your bank, type in the amount you want to withdraw, then type in your account number and submit.

Let me know how it goes.

dokyOloye:
How far for Abiola who didn't run?

Or Mandela that didn't run.

Bede2u:
urhobo ppl are not included in biafra...we see them as edo.

I dont know about nigerdeltans liking the igbo tag....but i know many niger deltans like to be called 'easterners' especially ppl from cross river and akwaibom

And where did you here this?
When IPOB were going for rallies in the southern states, the Cross River state Governor warned them not to come near Cross River or else they will have to contend with the security forces.

Til this very day there are jingles in all media houses in Cross River about being "One Nigeria".

This is why I said IPOB has no respect for other states concerning Biafra. You don't sit down at your house in state of bliss and include other states in a non existing map.

Bede2u:
u are still talking about road construction. The system is rotten. No amount of road construction in uyo or anambra can make nigeria's population to not reach 350 million b4 2050.

No amount of projects done by obiano will make the northern borders to no longer by porous. No amount of roads built by ambode will make sharia to stop being practiced in the north. The lake chad is fast drying and it will lead to more influx of northerners into the south...and their influx will come with violence.

No amount of flyover built in calabar will protect the country from the next religious killings in the north.

As far as abuja controls everything, the north will always support their worst candidates once they can win elections.

U dont understand it....a country of blacks with a diverse population of 200 million people WILL NEVER be good. The nation should be divided, unbundled b4 we can really move forward

You are just over reaching, and what's makes you think Biafra will stop the population from growing, or breach the ethnicity gap?

And when you get Biafra you will kill off other non speaking Ibo tribes because there will be too many diverse ethnic groups? Are you aware of how many languages that are in Cross-river alone?

Do you know the impact of good infrastructure has on a state?, clearly you don't. If only you knew mass illiteracy is what is fueling Boko Haram you won't have written off regional development like you did.

Speaking of development, look at most of the south east states, you guys don't look you are ready for a big step forward to be a country of your own.

Before you start with the killings, be well aware that in this Nigeria we have inter-tribal wars all the time. No one is stopping you from defending your own.

And for the record Abuja does not control everything, or else there would have been no opposition.

You talk as if you and IPOB have gotten everything figured out, but all I can see is undiluted hatred for the North, and it very dangerous to follow any body that harbors such hate.

Until you learn to use head instead of your emotions, you will keep playing into the Federal Government hands.

Good luck with your Biafra.

Bede2u:
the rate of development in akwaibom enugu anambra are commendable...but believe me, they could be much better if u remove the nigerian factor.

Are the police in akwaibom no longer controled from abuja? Will the fulani police man in awkaibom be of much assistant to u if there is herdsmen crisis? If there is a peaceful demonstation in eket, will the zoo army nolonger open fire?

Do u think development starts and ends in road construction?

Can ibaka deep sea port compete favourably with lagos sea ports? Wen fg is still controlling maritime? Are the oil spillage in awkaibom going to be cleaned up? Wen nothing concern kastina with it. Will the fg now stop spending scare resourse on hajj every year? Will the cbn now have uniform exchange rate?

My guy...nigeria can never be good. We in the east (and dat includes u)have a very different value system from the west and north.

Look at ghana...soon it will be a developed country...nigeria has stagnated. The people running nigeria are the north and they dont believe in progress

Now you are looking at the ills of this country, this is as result of bad leadership.
Take for example Anambra state, most of the projects are initiated by the Governor, if Anambra gets another governor that is full of Innovation and continues were Obiano stopped, I tell you, you no Fulani or Afonja can stop you. governor may take it upon him self to champion the development of his state

The killings are all political, just like the militants were, until Yaar Abua (a Northerner) introduced the amnesty program.

A good leader that can carry every one alone, but that does not mean you will expect things to always go your way, Nigeria is a country of over 180 million people, there is no way in hell can everybody be satisfied.

Bede2u:
u are talking about igbo business men who risked everything to make money mostly in enemy territory.

Let me ask u....during the war the north and the west came together while igbos were at war and balkanised igbo land. They took all our oil producing parts and added to Rivers state. An ijaw controlled state then. That singular act led many igbos to denounce being igbo in order not to be marginalised by ijaw. That act also made us landlocked. Who did they consult b4 doing that?

Look at the niger bridge, it may collapse anytime...but the fg doesnt care. Look at enugu airport...gej started it while buhari abandoned it. Look at federal highways in the east, compare them with highways in the west. Look at the number of states SE has...compare it with other regions. Look at ibeto and innoson...see how the govt is trying to kill their biz. Look at lagos and how its being choked with containers while obj hiked the tarriffs to be paid if u import with another port other than lagos.

Look at recruitment into federal civil service and how its skewed to favour north and west only. Look at the eastern roads filled with armed checkpoints. Look at how the fulani killings that happened in the east was treated by fg...compare it with how ipob was treated.

B4 gej came, which igboman ever was ig of police or chief of army? Look at the oil spillage in niger delta and yet the north and abuja is getting all the oil money that is theirs.

Look at how everything in nigeria is concentrated at the center simply because the north wants to lord it over the rest of the country.

And pls the west is not any king makers...they are house niggers. The north allows them some goodies because they are needed as southern allies. If the north is not landlocked, sw would be put in their place real fast

I refused to be swayed by all your sentiments, Am from Cross River, but if you go to Akwa Ibom and see rate of development there, then you will know you are looking at this the wrong way.

Bede2u:
nigerian politics is the problem. The northern soldiers created the current constitution to favour the north, abandoning the 1963 democratic constitution our fathers accepted.

It can change in biafra...but it will never change in nigeria.

Pray tell, how would u have gone about getting a referandum if u were igbos?

Tell me how good igbos have had it so far...maybe i missed it

How many Ibo millionaires do you have up North, West, East and South.

Oh you mean politics? I want to ask you and be very honest with your assessment, were the Ibos really interested in politics from the onset?

If talk about the constitution being created by the North and for the North how come the South West are now one of the most Dominant forces in politics today in Nigeria, in fact the South West are now the King Makers.

I have said it before and I will say it again, until you understand the problem clearly, you will never find the true solution to it.

oilPUSSY:
Go back and read my comment again, then tell me between you and I who has comprehension problem.

Am not bothered if you know nothing I don't have to prove it to you.

oilPUSSY:
Talking about surrendering, you need to go back and read Philip Effiong's full speech. He said and I quote
"Treat the surrendering Biafrans well, else their children will resurface tomorrow and continue from where their fathers stopped, and they won't give up like we are doing today until they get what they want"
Go and read more about it.
Why do you think some IPOB members today are calling Philip Efiong a sear ?
Next time if you want to quote someone, say exactly what he said and stop being biased!.

And this speech made your surrender and denouncing Biafra illegal?
Do you have comprehension problem?

You don't go about committing treason to get referendum, do you get cookie from a jar by closing it?

Bede2u:
truth is...if we had it good in nigeria, we wont want biafra. So wats ur point?

My point is the person I quoted had hatred for the North, blaming Luggard. Forgetting after the Millitary came into power via coup, we now have democracy.

The Leaders that came into power were elected, they were not shoved on us by the North.
Even Ojukwu himself had a shot the presidency we all knew how that went, I personally think it was the party people voted for not the candidates, just like the nonsense happening now.
So you see Nigeria is not the problem, it's all politics and this is not the Ibos strongest points (just look at how they are going about getting their referendum).

As for you comment about Ibo not having it good in Nigeria - are you for real?

IamAtikulate:
You are fool. Did IPOB started on May 29th 2015?

Jonathan was wise to ignore them but first thing Buhari did was attempting to jam radio biafra even though IPOB didn't give a shitt about him.

His cluelessness gave IPOB fame. Imagine Isreal telling Nigeria that NK is not in Isreal when we all know he is there.

I wish NK would just focus on spreading Buhari's anti-zionist sentiments in Isreal. How he is supporting Palestine but sending his soldiers against IPOB, Isreali's number 1 natural ally in the black world.

Am sure you are not that smart to realize the nonsense you typed up there.

DaddyNimo:
met them online, two of facebook, one from sdk blog snm. they were all fighting with their hubbies at the time it all happened tho. some it was a guiltless forking from me to them. the one from sdk lied to be a single mom tho, shipped her ass into Lagos from abj...tot her how to suck diick with spit...cum inside all of them tho, I was sure they will Takia of it of give their hubbies, non of my business. but married woman pvssy is just like any other pvssy... tho tighter than I'd expected.

Just know another guy will be balls deep inside your wife, and he will fuuuck your wife in a way that it won't be a mistake, when that happens be a real man and forgive her.

toofit007:
the mistake of luggard is what need to be corrected. That is why we re calling for a referendum , people must decide if they want to continue with one Nigeria or not. Our ancestors were not consulted before luggard fused us together with this terrorist from the North.

I bet you, you won't say all this if GEJ or an Ibo man was president write now.

tossie101:
The map was wiped out illegally by force.
Kanu ain't forcing anybody that's why he is CA all ling for referendum, why is this simple thing so difficult for u guys to understand.

Anyways "the map was wiped out" according to u that's why he added them back and ask for referendum., to know there thoughts.
There is no way u will know among those people who wants biafra or not without refferendum ..
Just like there are IGBOS who don't want biafra same way there are SS people who wants biafra and u can only settle this with referendums.

IF BIAFRA LOSES OUT THEY MOVE ON WITH NIGERIA IF THEY WIN BIAFRA EMERGES.?
why are u guys avoiding this truth.

Are you a kid? Or do you think you are talking to another kid - this is not coming as an insult.

What happened after the war when you surrendered? What did you say when you surrendered, did you or did you not denounce Biafra as one of the conditions to surrender? You are now calling it illegal, seems you have no idea how many more millions were about to die if you guys had continued your suicide mission.

Now you talk about referendum, this is why I asked if you are a kid, are you clamoring for referendum for secession or referendum for who wants Biafra, don't you know these are 2 different things?

Is it too much to show respect to these various states by asking them for their permission to be included in a Non existing country? for your information we are in Nigeria not a land with no Name, it takes more than a good artist that can draw a map to change the NATIONALITY of an entire region.

You talk about truth, guys are not even spreading lies, you guys are spreading ignorance.

kotv:
See this fool. I'm Ijaw. If Ibos leave Nigeria, no group in Niger would stay with you people. You can take that to the bank. Decieve yourselves on this forum all you want for all I care about.

For the record no one gives a Bleep if Ibos stay in Nigeria or leave, this narcissistic approach is whats going to leave your kind behind in politics.

tossie101:
Even though I support only biafra of igbobname speaking states.
But u asking of when he was born sounds dumb and has nothing to do with this.. U don't have to be born during a specific period to know what happen then.. There is what is called "history"

We're u born during the war? NO
but do u love there was civil war? YES

Were u born when Jesus was on earth? NO
But do u believe the stories told about Jesus in the Bible? Yes!

speaking about cultured, IGBOS and most s/s states share d very similar culture, food, dressing, similar traditional wedding.. I guess u don't travel out.

Anyways like I said, I prefer biafra with igbo speaking Niger deltans alone

You have not addressed one of the very important issue in this post you quoted.
After the Civil War, Biafra was abolished, every body went back to start all over, mind you even during the war there was already in fighting between the Ibos and other Southern tribes, this even lead to sabotage because of grievances. And you are now bringing them back together without asking them or establish an understanding.
This young man can't wake up from where ever he is and expect these states to be included in map that has been wiped out earlier.

Has he tried to ask for permission from this various states and their leaders? Who asked him to be our mouth piece (those from other South South States) Its like saying since you are a Christian that makes a Catholic.

You have no idea what it means to UNIFY a region, so does this Podcaster called Kanu.

GrabHisBalls:
Seriously, I don't do gender war. I try my best to be neutral in my analysis. That said, I guess we have different perception of what he wrote. Goodnight.

You don't do gender war, that's good to know....
But em....
Whats that I see in your moniker, is that grabbing his table tennis balls or his lawn tennis balls, or...
The balls that when grabbed can turn a raging male gorilla into an obedient puppy?
Anyway good morning.